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* Former Officer . of HOUSEMAID'S KNEE DEPARTMENT
ADDITIONAL SPORTS
* Carrier Franklin
Five-Hiahs Lead Verba Commander Jim Tunney Speaks._ at 0. T. S.

Buena _Officers' League Cited For Outstanding Recog~~tiop._. itJ extreme ~mport-
• • ance and.-·the'"',responsia\llfy that
In the officers' bowling league, Physical Fitness Work attends it, was the subject Ma_ t~lk .
the Five-Highs, led by Lt. C. H. · given at the Operational <ppammg
Roderick, annexed the champion- Commander James J . Tunney, re- School by Lt. c.· Hammond, fdr-
ship for the second consecutive tired heavyweight champion of the merly recognition officer aboard the
year. Members of the team included world from Stamford, Connecticut, aircraft carrier "Franklin:•• O~mdr.
· Captain E. H. Helmkamp, Dr. R. received a Letter of Commendation H. E. Stone, C()minandi!]-g"offiel;':r, of
Hay, Lt. Jones and Lt. Erickson. from the Secretary of the Navy for the school, intr~duced the speaker
The league's high individual aver- his services as Officer in Charge to a capacity audienc~c.of officers
age was won by Lt. Fassino with a of the Physical Fitness Program and men, students anh staff, of
172. Lt. Roderick won highest in- of the Navy. Operational,· Training · .. :;lchool at
dividual game with a score of 263. Presentation was made by Vice Theatre No. 2, Tuesday, _.]IJ.ay 22,
Trophy for the high individual
Admiral Randall Jacobs, Chief of at 1400. · ·,,,.
series was awarded to Lt. Alt, with
Naval Personnel, on the occasion An engaging smile, a pleasing
628. The award for the most im- of Commander Tunney's return to personality and a wealth of infor-
proved average went to Captain inactive duty. mation held the audience as Lt.
Helmkamp. At a -get-together the Hammond cited the "eagle-eyed
members of the team were pre- Command-er Tunney was ap- bluejackets that are our best anti-
sented with trophies. pointed Special Adviser to the Chief aircraft defense," and related his
In the Y. B. ship's company of Naval Personnel for Physical experiences in the field of ship and
league, the CPO's nipped the Oilers Training in December, 1944, and in aircraft recognition under actual
in a whirlwind finish on the final connection with these duties he re- combat conditions. IN THE CAGE-(left to .right) Herman "M" M-urphy Curtis, Y1c, Mc-
Dermid S1c, Torres, S1c, genial "Pop" Robinson, S1c, Bill Bustance, S1c,
night of play by winning three cently made extensive visits to the The Recognition and Lookout Roderic'k S1c, and ... L. Fields, Y1c, head of this department refused to
games from the 200 Club but various fleets in the interests of the appear-'and as y-ou can see, not one of the staff has a tail, therefore
dropping two. In the playoffs the Navy's physical training activities Training Department of O.T.S., they cannot be waltzing ' mice.
afloat and in forward areas. Com- headed by Lt. (jg) L. F. Macon,
CPO's emerged victorious by win-
ing the odd game. The CPO's were mander Tunney completed his mis- has long been considered one of
presented with gold medals and the sion on April 23, 1945. the finest, and it is in such close Rumor was rife in the Armed them look like mice but we can
Oilers, runners-up, with silver The commendation, which au- accord with the advanced teaching Guard Center that the Record Of- assure you that they are not. Mice
fice of enlisted personnel was a have tails. This department is
n
medals. The winning team was thorizes the commendation ribbon pri ciples of th e Navy th at. by
such talks as these all hands are cage inhabited by eleven waltzing really busy from whistle to whistle
composed of the following mem- reads as follows:
bers: Chiefs Keats, Tainor, Schaff, "For outstanding service as Of- given the benefit of the other fel- mice. This, mates, is sheer hearsay, as all leaves, courts, etc., must be
and we ask you to scuttle said entered on a man's record and on
Tamble, Kreusel, and Schrater. ficer in Charge of the Physical Fit- low's first-hand information. rumor. True enough, there is a. top of that, they handle all ID
Softball in Full Swing ness Program of the Navy from its cage, and the staff of eleven sea- negatives. The boys were caged
The Y erba Buena softball league
inception in 1940. Responsible for men first class, headed by L. in ,early this Spring, when it was
got off to a flying start with three Frontier Base Upsets
the establishment and -devel-opment Fi-elds, Ylc, is hustling from early decided that, due to the confi-
games last week. The Commissary .of facilities necessary to the ful- 'til late. Scurrying around on their dential nature of these records,
Store took the measure of the fillment -of this comprehensive proj- T. I. All-Stars, 10-6 hands and knees while searching each man's file would be safe from
Discipline Office by a score of 9 to ect vital to the. effectiveness of the A revamped cellar - dwelling the lower file cabinets could make prying eyes.
4. The T. I. Personnel Office de- Navy in the prosecution ,of the war, Frontier Base recently blitzkrieged
feated Small Stores with a score Commander Tunney applied his its way to a 10-6 win, upsetting the
of 4 to 1. In the other scheduled wide experience a·nd unique skill in highly-touted T. I. All-Stars before EX 22 to .receive your bond. Bonds are
games the officers' team dropped the pr-ocurement and training of a cheerful crowd of softball spec- for sale at the Bond Office, Bldg.
a close one to the Third Division POUNTIA 28, Room 107.
qualified officer and enlisted in- tators at the Grove Street Par~. Anderson_ Revue
by a score of 7 to 5. i:tegular games
structors and in the formulation of Berkeley. The Anderson Revue, a variety
are held on Tuesdays, Thu_rsdays
Physical Fitness Programs to be Paced by fence-busting Butler,
and Saturdays each week. show of songs, dances, music and
empl-oyed by all Officer Candidate colorful first baseman, the Fron- gay costumes, furnished a delight-
Schools and Enlisted Recruit Pr,o- tiers tagged Bolton and Bryant of ful evening of entertainment for
12ND FRACAS grams subsequently expanding the the All-Stars for 15 hits while their all hands on Thursday, May 31, in
activities of this program to all ace hurler, Perry, allowed the All-
the auditorium of Bldg. 127. Fea-
major units afloat and ashore. Un- Stars 10 scattered :hits. _ \. turing male and female entertain-
T. I. All-Stars Smear -der his expert guidance, swimming ers ranging in ages from eig~t to
Point Montara, 15-41 has been emphasized as a major letics has proven an important RADIO MATERIEL SCHOOL eighteen, the revue presented some
req:uirement and a high percentage means of insuring greater safety to
.. ,
highlights in the art of dancing,
of advancement in this form of ath- Naval personnel in combat zones." RMS Softball Results well-trained performers and ex-
_. "Snag" Bryant's league-leading ---~~---------~"'""'~-----------~- After suffering a shut-out at the cellent acting. This is the begin-
-~g~~~~g;;£.{i~:~ r _: _: .tki .-~!~ t -~~~~-.if q~~-♦-.:_: J ~?r!i~;~~~~~t~i :r;.~: ning of a series of entertainments
which the Welfare & Recreation
department is planning to bring
from the beach for the enjoyment
athletic field. i by winning decisivei:y over the of the RMS personnel.
A large crowd saw Saunders, All- Frontier Base aggregation to the
Stars pitcher, smash out a triple, tune of 6-3. Detached
With sincere regret RMS bid
a ti-io of singles and score three L. c. Hylton of the 7th Month "Adieu" to Lt. Ray Brechbill last
0 ~~~~b~:e: ~~:~:\!~i ~:ei:~; staff, the short centerfielder, played week when he received orders to
times in four trips to the plate.
all over the outfield, snagging well- repo.rt to the Armed Guard Center,
.
safe blows for his team, while the placed · and hard-hit balls to rob Norfolk,. Va., for duty. Lt. Brech-
1 Frontier Base of what seemed to bill was one of the "plank owners"
All-Stars racked up a total of 20 be sure hits. The RMS team spar-
of RMS and has contributed a
hits during the diamond slugfest. kled with the bat. At last the whole
great deal to the school in his
team found their batting eyes and quiet way.
Albany Landing Force peppered hits over the field, taking
over the game with the above re- 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 I
Faces T. I. On Smoker; _sults. SPORT SCHEDULE FOR
RMS Intramural Basketball
Show Begins at 1930 Tourney THIS WEEK
The basketball tournament just
Six sizzling boxing bouts and
completed was played with a great BASEBALL-
plenty of comedy in the way of
deal of enthusiasm and interest. Treasure Island vs Coast
floor show entertainment will
Co. 67 A won the tournament by Guard Pilots Saturday, June 2,
feature the smoker Wednesday,
defeating 66A with the close score here at 1400.
June 6, in Gym No. 1.
of 19 to 13. Lt. (jg) W. C. Jessup,
Furnishing the local punch lads Treasure Island vs Alameda
with competition will be the Albany athletic officer, wishes to congratu- Naval Air Wednesday, June 6,
Landing Force, who will attempt late the team members for their here at 1500.
a successful "beachhead" landing fine play in winning the 'fifty-team SMOKER-
in the square arena. tournament. A word of thanks is Combined boxing-variety show
Laughs, song and variety from also due Sp(A)3c Truckositz for Wednesday, June 6, 1930.
the entertainment world will be ex- his excellent work in handling all
hibited in the foo.t-light feature. Re- the minor details of the competi- 1111111111111111111111111111111111111!11111111111
member, Wednesday, June 6, at tions.
'1930. V,oting I nformati-on Cross-Word Answers
Post card applications are avail-
able af ·the· Welfare & Recreation
Faster Than Feller
office for ballots in forthcoming
The speediest pitcher in baseball elections in the following states:
was Walter Johnson, "The Big Georgia, Ohio, Virginia and Michi-
Train.'; Bob Feller was probably gan. Fer further information, visit
the runner-up. When Johnson was Room 107, Bldg. 28, and have a
right, the batter sometimes never chat With your voting officer.
_-eyen saw . the ball whiz by. Once War Bon.els ·
Chapman of Cl'eveland watched two Although the Navy's Bond Drive
;strikes zoom by, dropped his bat, will n6t begin until June 22 and end
and headed for the bench. "You on the· 7th _'.of July; if you can't
have another strike coming," the WINSOME NEW JERSEYITE is Miss Margie Murphy. She performs wait to buy yout · bond- if you
umpire reminded him. "Never the duties of a stenographer for a firm in Jersey City, while her fiance, have the ready cash and d·esire to
·mind," grunted Chapman, "I don't Andrew Nyk-un, Cox, helps keep supplies moving to the Pacific in the invest it wisely, you can put out
role of cargo har:idler. Joint plans call for tying the well-known knot
want it."
on Andrew's next leave. the money now and wait until June